I.J.N. Uranami
1944
(Neptun 1268a)
- Class: Fubuki - 20 destroyers of 1923-31
- Displacement: 2,090 tons
- Dimensions: 367 (pp) 388.5 (oa) x 34 x 10.5 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 50,000 = 35 knots
- Armament: 4-5 in. D.P. (2x2), 9-24 in. T.T. (3x3)
- Complement: 197
- Builder: Sasebo Dockyard
- Laid Down: 28 Apr 1927
- Launched: 29 Nov 1928
- Commissioned: 30 Jun 1929
- Notes: Sank the Dutch submarine O 20 on 19 Dec 1941 during the occupation of Malaya, followed by the K XVII on 24 Dec. Part of VAdm Sakonju's Transport Unit, she was sunk in the Visayan Sea, 26 Oct 1944, by US escort carrier aircraft of TG 77.4, after delivering troops to Ormoc on the west side of Leyte.
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